Cyril Pahinui

Born in 1950, Cyril Pahinui grew up in the small town of Waimanalo at the foot of the Ko'olau mountains on Oahu's windward coast. His father, Gabby Pahinui, was one of Hawaii's best known and most influential slack key guitarists. The Pahinui home and backyard provided food, shelter, rehearsal space, concert hall, and playground for many of Hawaii's foremost traditional musicians. The jams sessions went on all day - sometimes, all week.

In 1988, after many promptings, Cyril recorded an album of traditional and contemporary songs, which won Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for Best Contemporary Hawaiian Album and Best Male Vocalist from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts. In 1992 he joined brothers Bla and Martin for a long-awaited Pahinui Brothers album. Cyril also began recording for Dancing Cat as a solo performer, and won the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year with his debut release on Dancing Cat, 6 & 12 STRING SLACK KEY. In 1999, Dancing Cat released the first duet album for Bob & Cyril, FOUR HANDS SWEET & HOT, which won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year in 2000

Greg has showcased his Hawaiian steel guitar talent performing in Hawaii and abroad.  He has the reputation as the steel guitar player who has the ability to present old Hawaii with a contemporary twist.  He's contributed to numerous recording projects with a variety of Hawaii's top recording artists and has adapted his styling of the Hawaiian steel guitar to a diverse group of musical styles such as traditional Hawaiian, contemporary Hawaiian, reggae, country, rock and folk.  His discography includes work on over a hundred albums as a instrumentalist and/or producer.

Not only is Greg contributing to the preservation and perpetuation of 20th century Hawaiian music as a steel guitar artist, he also owns the record label Keala Records, which is dedicated to pioneering Hawaiian steel guitar music into the next generation.  He has produced a series of "Hawaiian Steel" instrumental albums as well as Hawaiian and hapa-haole vocal albums featuring traditional Hawaiian instrumentation including the Hawaiian steel guitar.  Greg's talents as a musician and producer has earned him numerous Hawaiian Music Awards including the latest in 2011.